Hair clipper



Nov. 6, N923. LWS

l C. F. LEWIS HAIR CLIPPER Filed Sept. 18 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 jnucnlozFermati New. e, teas.

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@METER FRANKLIN LEWIS, F GREENSBOR, NGE-TE CAR/MENA.

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appueation mea september ie, 1922. serai no. seaside.

To all whom t may 00h/cern.'

Be it known that l, CHESTER F. LEWIS, al citizen of the United States,residing at Greensboro, in the county of Guilford and State of NorthCarolina, have invented a new and useful Hair Clipper, of which thefollowing is a specification. v

1 This invention relates to hair clippers.

The object of the invention is to provide a hair clipper adaptable foruse by an individual on himself by either handor mechanical means andwhich is reversible so that either the upper or the lower face may beused.

Another object is to provide a device of this character in which anenclosed spring 'is arranged so as to be put under initial strain inassembling the clipper /yw'ithout the use of screws or other similarfasteners.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be made within thescope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

1n the accompanying drawingsz- Figure 1 represents a plan view of theclipper with the top plate removed and the connectin bolt shown intransverse section.l

Fig. 2 1s a longitudinal section with the handles in side elevation. l

Fig; 3 is a detail plan view of the bottom plate.

Fig. 4 is .a top plan view of the cover plate with the members thereofsupported and arranged in juxtaposition ready for assembling. I i

Fig. 5 is a detail plan view of the movable blade, and

Fig 6 is a similar view of the actuating spring detached.

lln the embodiment illustrated, the clipper constituting this inventioncomprises a bottom plate 1 to which is fixed a cutting blade 21and ahandle 3. This handle 3 is preferably detachably connected with thebottom plate as shown at 3a in Fig. 1 and is equipped with a laterallyextending finger grip 4, the handle being disposed at an oblique angleto the plate (see Fig.. 3). Y

Set in the bottom plate 1 is aguide plate 5 on which is mounted 'toslide a movable double edged cuttin blade 6. A tension sprmg 7 1s set insai guide plate. @ne end of this sprin 7 is set in a recess or groove 8in the gui e plate while the other end of y said spring is mounted in anotch or recess 9 in the head 11 of a handle member 10. This handlemember head 11 is'provided with a radially extending arm 12 which ismounted in a recess 6a in the rear edge of the movable blade 6. Thishead 11 is rotatable about a center pin 13 which is carried by thebottom plate 1 and extends upwardly through the guide plate 5 and aroundwhich the spring 7 is coiled. This mounting of' the coiled vspring 7with one end engaged with the guide plate 5 and the other with the head11 of the handle 10 operates to maintain tension throughout the strokeof the handle 10. A cover plate 15 ts over the head 11 and is held inplace by pins 16 which ht in sockets 17 in said cover plate. This coverplate 15 is constructed in two parts similar to the bottom plate 1, oneof which constitutes a xed cutting blade 2a detachably secured to top15.

A cap 18 has threaded engagement with the upper end of the center pin 13and has its open end flared, which end bears against a Hat spring washer19 mounted on pin 13 over head 11 and which operates to-hold handle head11 and blade 6 in place.

This cap 18 has a lateral Hangs 18a at its closed end which engages abeveled opening in top 15 and when screwed home, operates in conjunctionwith pins 16 to hold the top in operative position.

From the above description it will `be obvious that with the partsassembled as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 the enclosed spring 7 n is soarranged as to be under initial strain 1n assembling the parts of theclipperso that no screws or other similar elementsare required toconnect it or to place it. under `strain asis customary 1n clippersordlnarily used.

llt will thus be seen that a clipper con structed as herein shown anddescribed is reversible so that either the upper or the lower cuttingface may be used, the arrange' ment of the handles in horizontal planewith the cutting blade 6 and at an obllque angle lll@ their front endswith a chamber formed between them, a movable cutting blade mounted 'toreciprocate between said fixed cutting blades, a handle fixed to one ofsaid plates, another handle having a head mounted to rotate in saidchamber and engagel said movable blade whereby the turning of said headwill reciprocate said blade, and aspring-to place the parts undertension.

2. Ahair clipper comprising upper and lower plates havingcutting bladesat their frontv ends and their rear ends outwardly bowed to form whenassembled a chamber Jetween them, a center pin extending through saidchamber, a guide mounted on said pin in said chamber, a movable cuttingblade mounted to reciprocate on said guide and positioned to cooperatewith the cutting blade of the plates, and means or reciprocating saidmovable blade whereby either cutting face may be presented for use. Y

3. In a hair clipper, upper and lower plates having cooperating cuttingblades at their front ends and their rear ends bowed outwardly to form achamber between them when assembled, a handle member Iixed to said lowerplate, a guide mounted in said lower plate, a center pin carried by saidlower plate and extending through said chamber, a cap engaged with saidupper plate and screwed on said center pin, pins and sockets cooperatingto hold said upper plate inoperative position, a movable blade mountedto slide on said guide and to cooperate with said fixed blades, a coiledspring carried by said center pin with one end engaged with said guide,a handle having a head mounted in said chamber and engaged with saidmovable blade, said head being rotatable on said pin, the other end ofthe coiled spring being engaged with said head, the rotation of the headoperatingto reciprocate the movable blade.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CHESTER FRANKLIN LEVIS.

Witnesses:

E. R. LEWIS, N. L. WARNER.

